hydropower plants
Solar to surpass hydropower in Croatia by 2040
31 January 2025 - The share of renewables in power consumption in Croatia is in the upper part of the EU list, according to Dražen Jakšić, head of EIHP
Solar agroland to build 270 MW power plant in Bileća
30 January 2025 - Solar agroland has prepared a preliminary environmental impact assessment for the installation of the Bileća solar power plant.
Several energy storage investments underway in North Macedonia
09 January 2025 - North Macedonia, which has been attracting investments in battery factories, is in talks on a project worth up to EUR 360 million
Toshiba, Voith, ABB to repair Bulgaria’s Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
08 January 2025 - Bulgaria's NEK signed contracts for units 1 and 3 of the Chaira system with Toshiba and the consortium Voith-ABB, respectively
State Grid Corp. of China commissions world’s largest pumped storage hydropower plant
06 January 2025 - After testing the last units in its Fengning pumped storage system, State Grid now operates the largest such facility on the planet
Slovenia adopts updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
27 December 2024 - Slovenia targets 400 MW in BESS, 100 MW in electrolyzers and more pumped storage in the updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Wrecked pumped storage hydropower plant Chaira gets one unit back online
24 December 2024 - One of four units in the Chaira pumped storage facility is back on the grid, the first repaired after the entire system crashed in 2022
Croatia’s HEP is searching for locations for wind farms, projects to acquire
23 December 2024 - State-owned power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda will research the remaining potential for wind farms in Croatia
Financing secured for three hydropower plants on Bistrica river
19 December 2024 - The Republic of Srpska has signed an agreement with Chinese company AVIC to finance three hydropower plants on the Bistrica river
Albania’s KESH to add pumps to hydropower cascade for energy storage
26 November 2024 - KESH is discussing a pumped storage hydropower project with the EBRD. Pumps would be added between the Fierza and Koman reservoirs
BiH suffers drastic fall in power export revenue
05 November 2024 - Electricity export revenue in Bosnia and Herzegovina came in at EUR 240 million in the first three quarters
Natural gas, electricity markets spark concern for winter – Đedović Handanović
30 October 2024 - She spoke in Budapest at the ministerial meeting of the Central and South Eastern Europe Energy Connectivity high-level working group
Serbia adopts spatial plan for Bistrica pumped storage hydropower plant
28 October 2024 - The spatial plan for Bistrica is another step toward the materialization of the currently most important project in Serbia’s energy sector
Turkey plans 89 GW of new solar, wind power by 2035
26 October 2024 - The Government of Turkey aims to almost quadruple wind and solar power capacity to 120 GW by 2035, according to the new roadmap
Statkraft to sell assets in Croatia, Netherlands, India
25 October 2024 - Norway-based Statkraft has decided to leave India, Netherlands and Croatia, and to reorganize its management, effective from January 1, 2025
EU approves Western Balkans reform agendas including auction schedules for renewables
24 October 2024 - Western Balkan governments excluding BiH can draw funding from the EU's Growth Plan as they fulfill reform obligations and achieve goals